Anadolu University () is a

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Eskişehir Eskişehir ( , ; from 'old' and 'city') is a city in northwestern Turkey and the capital of the Eskişehir Province. The urban population of the city is 821 315 (Odunpazari + Tebebasi), with a metropolitan population of 921 630. The city is l ...

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. Anadolu University Distance Education Faculty (or Anadolu University Global Campus) serves as the national provider of distance education and is a member of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities. The university offers a range of educational programs, both on-campus and through distance education.

History

Anadolu University originated from the Eskişehir Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences, established in 1958. It was officially formed in 1982 through the amalgamation of four higher education institutions: the Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences, the State Academy of Architecture and Engineering, the Institute of Education, and a medical school. As the Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences was the earliest of these institutions, Anadolu University has adopted 1958 as its date of establishment.

Campus

Most faculties and schools of Anadolu University, including the Distance Education Faculty, are situated at the Yunus Emre Campus, centrally located within the city. This campus hosts student housing, the university hospital, and the majority of administrative buildings. To support its distance education programs, Anadolu University maintains 88 administrative centers across urban areas in Turkey. These centers provide academic counseling and offer optional evening classes for distance learners.

Distance education

The ''Higher Education Act of 1981'' designated Anadolu University as the national provider of distance education, a role it has emphasized since its inception in 1982. The university aims to provide educational opportunities to individuals in rural areas of Turkey and to those who cannot attend traditional educational institutions due to time or resource constraints. This initiative has proven successful, with enrollment in open education programs growing from fewer than 30,000 in the 1982-83 academic year to over 870,000 by 2005-06. The programs are now also accessible to Turkish communities in

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. Anadolu University offers a range of distance education programs, including 4-year Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics and Business Administration, as well as nineteen 2-year associate degrees across various disciplines. Additionally, the Turkish Ministry of National Education has tasked Anadolu University with training the nation's preschool and English language teachers through distance learning platforms, although the latter requires students to complete two years of in-person classes. From 2005 to 2010, Anadolu University collaborated with SUNY Empire State College to offer an eMBA degree via distance education. Anadolu University is a member of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities and holds accreditation alongside other institutions including the

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International perspective

Anadolu University has established significant international collaborations with several globally recognized institutions. In the United States, Anadolu University collaborates with the

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, University of North Texas, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Stephen F. Austin State University, Empire State University and the State University of New York at Cortland. In Germany, Anadolu University's partnerships include the University of Hagen, Ruhr University Bochum, Hochschule Düsseldorf, FOM University of Applied Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, University of Hagen and Universität Hildesheim, University of Kassel, University of Mainz, University of Marburg,

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, Paderborn University, University of Potsdam, University of Regensburg and Saarlande University. In France, the university's partnerships are focused on specialized institutions that enhance both cultural and academic exchange. These include the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, University of Rouen Normandy, University of Lille, and Paris Descartes University.

Organisation

Faculties

* Distance Education Faculty (Global Campus) * Faculty of

Pharmacy Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medication, medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it ...

* Faculty of

Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...

* Faculty of

Education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

* Faculty of

Science Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ...

* Faculty of

Fine Arts In European academic traditions, fine art (or, fine arts) is made primarily for aesthetics or creativity, creative expression, distinguishing it from popular art, decorative art or applied art, which also either serve some practical function ...

* Faculty of

Law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

* Faculty of

Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

and Administrative Sciences * Faculty of

* Faculty of Communication Sciences * Faculty of

Business Administration Business administration is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. Overview The administration of a business includes the performance o ...

* Faculty of

Engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

* Faculty of

Design A design is the concept or proposal for an object, process, or system. The word ''design'' refers to something that is or has been intentionally created by a thinking agent, and is sometimes used to refer to the inherent nature of something ...

and

Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...

* Faculty of

Aeronautics Aeronautics is the science or art involved with the study, design process, design, and manufacturing of air flight-capable machines, and the techniques of operating aircraft and rockets within the atmosphere. While the term originally referred ...

and

Astronautics Astronautics (or cosmonautics) is the practice of sending spacecraft beyond atmosphere of Earth, Earth's atmosphere into outer space. Spaceflight is one of its main applications and space science is its overarching field. The term ''astronautics' ...

Schools

* School of

Physical Education Physical education is an academic subject taught in schools worldwide, encompassing Primary education, primary, Secondary education, secondary, and sometimes tertiary education. It is often referred to as Phys. Ed. or PE, and in the United Stat ...

and

Sport Sport is a physical activity or game, often Competition, competitive and organization, organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The numbe ...

s * School of

Music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...

and

Drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

* School of Industrial Arts * School for the Disabled Individuals * School of

Tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as ...

and Hotel Management * School of Foreign Languages * State Conservatory

Vocational schools

* Eskişehir Vocational School * Bozüyük Vocational School * Bilecik Vocational School * Porsuk Vocational School

Notable people

* Yılmaz Büyükerşen — Former mayor of

, former rector of Anadolu University * Fethi Heper — Football player * Pelin Karahan — Actress * Ayşe Hatun Önal — Model, actress, singer-Songwriter * Beyazıt Öztürk — TV personality, comedian and actor * Levent Üzümcü — Actor * Nurgül Yeşilçay — Actress * Sara Kaya — Politician, former mayor of Nusaybin * Sakıp Sabancı — Turkish businessman (''Honoris causa,'' 1984) * Turgut Özakman — Turkish author (''Honoris causa,''1998) * Ali Erdemir — Turkish-American materials scientist (''Honoris causa,''1998) * Ali İsmail Korkmaz — Student

References

External links

Anadolu University (Official Website)
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